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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Die cuts,Bling and a Flower

Welcome.

I am back - the maintenance has been done and I am now in recovery mode... and although I am not allowed to lift any great weight, I am able to lift a pencil or pen, cut paper and work a cuttlebug :-).

I made this card for a teenager, and started with a print out of a photograph that my Daughter in Law took some years ago - she and my son took a lot of photos and put them onto a CD for me so I could use them for background papers - this one is of a guitar neck, and was taken at a concert, hence the unusual colours.

I trimmed the image and when I adhered it to the green card base, I layered a strip of die cut lace under it.

I die cut a small doily and added metallic thread around it. My initial stamping was not acceptable, so I stamped and embossed again, then cut the sentiment with a circular die, sponged it and then layered it onto the doily.

I embossed the sentiment using a glitter powder, which give quite a rough surface, but it is very sparkly IRL.

I cut the smallest doily and layered paper flowers over it and secured them with a gem brad - it was amazing how the flowers picked up the colours in the background.

The final touch was the rhinestone swirl, which brought all the elements together.

Very pleased to hear you are recovering well from your "maintenance", Maxine, and I hope you are back to 100% very soon. What a gorgeous card, such pretty colours and I love the flower and the lacy diecuts.

How cool is this- love the guitar handle image in the background- what a great idea to have a CD with BG images on it! The color and design of your card are fab- love the addition of the bling as well!

Thankful to know you are recovering well and I pray you will be back to 100% very soon! So glad paper and pencils are not too heavy! :) Your card is just beautiful and perfect for a teen! Love the bg paper! What a great idea to put photos on a cd for you!!! I love that! The flower does bring out the colors beautifully and how pretty is that sparkly embossing!!!hugs,Grace